Megan Markle Called Ivanka Trump 'Incredibly Savvy' In 2014 Blog Post

Meghan Markle's rise from Suits actress to one of the most famous women in the world thanks to her engagement to Prince Harry has been exciting to watch, for even the most casual of royal watchers. A biracial American actress who falls in love with a handsome prince? This is the stuff of actual fairy tales.

Along with it comes the reality that people will start combing through everything in Markle's past to dig up some scoop, or even just to get to know her a little better. And when you've been a public figure already, there's more material to work with. Along with being an actress and an activist, Markle previously ran a popular lifestyle site called The Tig. She shut it down in April which many took as a sign that her relationship with Harry had indeed gotten quite serious. At the time she wrote, "What began as a passion project (my little engine that could) evolved into an amazing community of inspiration, support, fun, and frivolity. You’ve made my days brighter and filled this experience with so much joy. Keep finding those Tig moments of discovery, keep laughing and taking risks, and keep being ‘the change you wish to see in the world.’ Above all, don’t ever forget your worth—as I’ve told you time and time again: you, my sweet friend, you are enough. Thank you for everything.”

But because nothing on the Internet is ever truly gone, some of The Tig's old pages can still be found. And back in 2014, it seems that Markle was quite enamored of one Ivanka Trump. In the intro to a quick little fill-in-the-blank interview called "TIG Talk" with the now First Daughter, Markle describes her as "staggeringly beautiful, no question, but so incredibly savvy and intelligent." Markle goes on to compliment Trump for creating her own empire saying, "It’s so easy to knock the girls who come from privilege—to assume they rested on their laurels and garnered accolades simply by being fancy from the womb. But I remember Ivanka being different."

Apparently Markle had spent some time shopping Ivanka's many collections—from shoes to housewares—and considered her a great example of a woman balancing it all, noting that the two were making plans for dinner or drinks in New York. "This much I know—when we have drinks, I will make sure I order whatever she does—because this woman seems to have the formula for success (and happiness) down pat."

To be fair, this all happened back in 2014, well before Donald Trump announced he would be running for president. Ivanka Trump may not have been everyone's cup of tea back then, but she was certainly not the polarizing public figure that she is now in 2017. I mean she was even friends with Chelsea Clinton back then!

Obviously, I can't put words into Megan Markle's mouth, but given her feminist leanings and the causes she has chosen to support in the past, it's hard to imagine her feelings for Ivanka have stayed the same. She's certainly no fan of Donald Trump, saying of him preelection: "”Yes, of course Trump is divisive. Think about just female voters alone." In the same interview, Markle went on to call Trump "misogynistic" and say that "you don't really want that kind of world that he's painting."

Oh, how we'd love to hear what she has to say about Ivanka now. But given royal protocols, that's probably never going to happen.